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  • Violence Reduction Unit mentoring programme

    • Reference: 2020/4432
    • Question by: Unmesh Desai
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    How many young Londoners have received mentoring since September as a result of the £2.3million funding package introduced through the VRU?

  • Fraud and economic crime

    • Reference: 2020/4411
    • Question by: Unmesh Desai
    • Meeting date: 17 December 2020
    Are you confident the Met, working with partner organisations, provides a satisfactory response to victims of fraud in London?

  • Keeping Londoners safe during the pandemic

    • Reference: 2020/4238
    • Question by: Unmesh Desai
    • Meeting date: 11 December 2020
    How have you had to work differently to keep Londoners safe during the pandemic, and what are the biggest challenges you face as we move into next year?

  • Policing and safety during the second ‘lockdown’

    • Reference: 2020/3928
    • Question by: Unmesh Desai
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
    Can you provide an update on the key challenges facing the Met as we are now in a new period of tighter restrictions, and how have changing restrictions impacted the Met over the past couple of weeks?

  • Covid policing resource implications (2)

    • Reference: 2020/3930
    • Question by: Unmesh Desai
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
    Will you ensure that the additional steps that have been taken during the pandemic to address the challenges of an increased level of domestic abuse will be sustained?

  • Body worn video live streaming

    • Reference: 2020/3931
    • Question by: Unmesh Desai
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
    Should the Met enable the live stream function on its new body-worn video cameras?

  • Body worn video footage release (1)

    • Reference: 2020/3932
    • Question by: Unmesh Desai
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
    What are the reasons for the Met, other than in exceptional circumstances, not routinely releasing body worn video footage?

  • Body worn video footage release (2)

    • Reference: 2020/3933
    • Question by: Unmesh Desai
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
    Will the Met review its decision not to routinely release body worn video footage, and if so when will this review take place?

  • Body worn video footage release (3)

    • Reference: 2020/3934
    • Question by: Unmesh Desai
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
    In an internal Met memo seen by the Guardian , it reported that footage captured by body-worn cameras recorded examples of “poor communication, a lack of patience, [and] a lack of de-escalation before use of force is introduced”. How will you work with the Met to address these issues and ensure public trust and confidence in the use of body-worn video?

  • Met estate security

    • Reference: 2020/3935
    • Question by: Unmesh Desai
    • Meeting date: 19 November 2020
    Last year a review of security culture across the Met was carried out after breaches by members of the public who walked into buildings without being asked for identification. How confident are you in the security of the Met estate?